Fiction

In this eerie take on a central tale of the Arthurian mythos, the Lady of the Lake is reimagined as a surface-dwelling girl, transformed by time and strife into the jealous warden of Excalibur, the legendary sword of power.

A holiday party in the California desert takes a surrealistic and disorienting turn, awash with all the unresolved dread and sublimated panic of a David Lynch movie.

A war with no end gives way to an extraordinary, endless summer of peace and healing — all betrayed by idle cruelty and the failure of memory.

The fate of Father Ambrose in Paul Negri’s “Non Ego Te Absolvo” could easily serve as the storyline to a black metal concept album. Suffice it to say, just desserts are served to the piously deserving. Happy Halloween.

In this dreamlike, eerie and allusive little tale, a boy’s mother “disappears into the sky,” carried off by owls, and a visitation of crows heralds a dark new presence in his life.